Kanye West

Kanye West takes the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the "Best Female Video" award during the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sept. 13, 2009.

" It starts with this...I'm sorry Taylor"

Kanye West has been apologizing to Taylor Swift for his infamous microphone-grabbing moment at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards for almost an entire year. Right after the award show, he apologized on his blog. Then he submitted himself to a public haranguing by Jay Leno. And then on Sep. 4 he released a rambling 72-Tweet statement about how awful he feels about the incident.

"With the help of strong will, a lack of impathy, a lil alcohol and extremely distasteful & bad timing ... I became George Bush over night," Kanye began. "How deep is the scar... I bled hard.. cancelled tour with the number one pop star in the world ... closed the doors of my clothing office.... Had to let employees go... for the first time I felt the impact of my brash actions ... I felt the recession from an ownership side... People booed when I would go to concerts and the performer mentioned my name... Remember in Anchorman when Ron Burgundy cursed on air and the entire city turned on him? But this wasn't a joke. This was & is my real life." And that was just the beginning. Kanye went on and on and on, but ended with a simple three-word apology worthy of forgiveness. On Twitter, Taylor Swift has yet to reply.